Route each http/https link to the browser you choose.
Browseroute is a macOS menu-bar app. It registers as the default web browser, then opens every link in the matching browser: host suffix, host glob, or host+path glob. Unmatched links go to the catch-all you mark as Default.
macOS 14+. Builds are signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple, so there is no Gatekeeper prompt.
brew install --cask terrifiedbug/tap/browseroute
open /Applications/Browseroute.appOr download Browseroute-<version>.zip from the
latest release,
unzip, and move Browseroute.app into Applications. GitHub zip installs
check for updates from Settings. Homebrew cask installs are updated by
Homebrew.
To build from source (Swift 6.2 toolchain):
git clone https://github.com/TerrifiedBug/browseroute.git
cd browseroute
make install
open /Applications/Browseroute.appClick the menu-bar icon (the branch arrow). Add your browsers, set one as the Default catch-all, then Settings → Set as Default Browser… and accept the system dialog.
make install copies the app to /Applications/Browseroute.app. Default-browser
registration only works from that stable path, not from a random build/ copy.
Turn on Settings → Launch at Login so routing stays instant. Otherwise macOS cold-starts the app on every click. The Routing switch in the popover header pauses matching: every link then opens in the Default catch-all.
Browsers and patterns are edited in the popover. Rules are tried top to bottom; the first match wins. Matching is case-insensitive.
| Pattern | Matches |
|---|---|
example.com |
apex and subdomains (a.example.com). Not evil-example.com. |
*.corp.com |
host glob (a.corp.com). Not the apex corp.com. |
github.com/work-org or github.com/work-org/* |
host + path. A pattern with / gets an implicit trailing * if it does not already end in *. |
If nothing matches, it uses the Default catch-all. If none is set, the first browser in the list. If the list is empty, Safari.
Outlook SafeLinks are unwrapped first, so matching uses the inner host.
If the chosen browser is missing, a notification says so. The link then opens in the Default catch-all when that one is installed; otherwise it is not opened.
make run # build a debug .app and launch it in the menu bar
make check # lint + build + test
make install # package and copy to /ApplicationsThe app is an LSUIElement agent, so it has no Dock icon.
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